Reclaiming apparatus.



F. L. STUART. RECLAIMING APPARATUS. APPLICATTON FILED MAR. 4. 1918.

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Patented J uly 16, 1918.

F. L. STUART.

RECLAIMING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 4. l9i8 I 1 72,563. Patented July 16, 1918.

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i f-FnAnc IsLns'sTUART. OEWASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR 'ro INTER- NATIONAL CONVEYOR conrona'rxon, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

RECLAIMING APPARATUS,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J uly 16, 1918.

r iina l application filed November 13. 19l7. Serial No. 201,798. Divided and this application filed Marchl,

Tool] iclwiali't-mciy concern:

1 ,Be it known that l. Fluxcis Lin-1 S'ruurr,

as coal, ore and the like, and more particuflat-1y to a device of this type which may be bod ly moved to a plurality of diti'erent operating positions whereby its range of usefulness isincreased.

3 i The. objecto't' the present,invention is to provide zrreclai ning apparatus which may i deliver at will to either one of a pair of parallelly extending conveyors. and which go iiiay lie bodily moved .to cooperate with. ditfei'entjpairs of conveyors.

This application is a division of my co- ;.pendingapplication Serial No. 201.7%, filed Nov. ,1'3. 1917. and the claims lierein are z conlined to thc novel features of the conveyingapparatus before referred to.

My improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. in which-- t Figure l is a plan view diagrammaticall v ;;illust-rating a system employing my improved reclaiming apparatus. 'I ig. 2 is a side view of a portion of the .vrecla'nning apparatus illustrated in Fig. 1, "showing the digger at right angles to the reclaimer. Fig; 3 a side view of the traveling digger."

Instoring material in bulk, it has been found advantageous in some instances to provide ;a plurality of storage piles lying adjacent each other and separated by a comparatively narrow space. By reason of this system 0 storage a single conveyor may beprovided between adjacent storage piles thereby decreasing the initial cost of installation, and the cost of lip-keep. It is desirable in such a system, toprovide a single reclaiming unit which may be bodily moved to cooperate with different pairs of adjacent conveyors, and operated to deliver at will to either of said conveyers. In order to reach all of the material between the conveyers the reclaimin apparatuspreferably comprises a digger a ]ustable longitudinally This invention. relates broadly to an appa- IQ "atus tor reclaiming material lll bulk. such Serial N0. 220.302.

thereon so as to deliver thereto at any desired point. I

Referring more particularly to the drawings. l have illustrated a system employing a plurality of traveling conveyers I extending through the spaces between adjacent storage piles S. These piles are formed from a main source of supply at times when there are no cars 0, or the like available for loading. Piling trimmers 2 constructed in a manner described in iny Patent No.

1.241.953, of Sept. 25. 1917 may be employed.

for this purpose. The carriers 1 are preferably disposed in pits 4 having rails I extending parall l to the carriers on opposite sides thereof along which travels the reclaiming apparatus R.

In its preferred embodiment the reclaine ing apparatus comprises trucks (3 mounted on wheels T and .propelled by any suitable source of power 8 so that the same may be moved to the desired position along, the trackways Mounted on the trucks and extending transversely of the space inter- \KIllllgjlltUVGtll adjacent carriers. is a conveyer frame 9 carrying an endless convever 10. of any well known construction adapted to be driven by a motor or the like 11 mounted in the frame. At its opposite ends. the conveyer passes around tripper or discharge rolls 12 disposed to extend through the sides of the hoppers 14 carried by the trucks and having their discharge ends 15' arranged directly above the upper. run of the carriers 1. The motor 11 is so constructed that the conveyer 10 may {be driven in either direction at will for supplying either one of an adjacent pair of traveling carriers 1.

The frame-work 9 for the reclaiming conveyer 10 is provided on its upper surface on" opposite sides of said conveyor withrails 15 having upturned ends 16 constituting stops. Traveling on the rails 15 is a truck 17 sup ported on flanged wheels 18 and propelled by amotor '19 through the gearing E20. Mounted on the truck 17 is a turn-table 21 adapted to turn on the anti-friction rollers 22. Extending centrally through the turntable is a hopper 24 having oppositely extending discharges 25 either of which may be utilized at will according to the direction of travel of thereclaiming conveyer.

The'hoppcr 24 is supplied with material by the diggerfiltl ihpuhteti in the frame 27. In,

order to acconmifodate any unevenness in the ground. on which the storage piles are formed and to permit the reclaiming'of material fromdifi'erent heights, the turn-table ll carries adjusting means 28 secured to the digger frame 27 so that the same may be vertically adjusted, This adjustment is clearly indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

ratus' will be obvious, In the reclaiming operation, the reclaimer R is moved .along the trackways .5 until the digger '26 comes into engagement with-theftoe of the pile. The digger is then operated by the motor 29 for elevating material into the hopper 24:.-

Through the system of'conveyers described, this material reaches one of the traveling carriers 1 by means of which it may be transferred to loading. trimmers 30, similar in nature to the trimmers 2 already described. After'one of the piles S is. completely exhausted or after all of the'cars adjacent a particular carrier. are filled, the entire reclai'mer R is run to the end of the yard and onto the tigmsfer table .31 where'it is shifted sidewise into aposition where it can be run onto an adjacent pair of tracks. reason of this particular construction, a single reclaiming apparatus is operative over a comparatively large area, andit can be inoyed to any point-within such area, and

Effectively cooperate with fixed loading de.-

Inasmuch as aructural embodiment of the apparatus herein disclosed without. I departing from the spirit'of the invention it is intended thatth drawings shallbe considered as illustrative of a" preferred form, rather than in alimitroger-1156;

1 iaimT-as my invention:

lfknrapparatus for reclaiming material,

comprising two Parallel belt 'convevers, a truck .movable to any desired extent over each of said belts, a hopper supported by eacli truck and delivering to the belt conveyer beneath it, a horizontally arranged frame supported at its opposite ends by-the trucks, a horizontally arranged "conveyer From the foregoing it is believed that the operation of my improved reclaiming-flPPa' changes may bernade in the mounted in said frame andwhich delivers to said hoppers, a motor carried by the frame for moving said last-mentioned conveyer in opposite directions, a truck mounted to move longitudinally over said. frame, a hopper carried by said truck which delivers to the conveyer on said frame, and a digger extending sidewise from the frame an d'pivotally connected with said last-mentitmed truck tomove about a vertical axis.

' v 2. apparatus for reclaiming material, comprising two parallel belt conveyers, -a-

truck movable to any desired extent over each of saidbelts, a hopper supported by said trucks and delivering to the belt conveyer beneath it, a horizontall arranged frame supported atopposite en s by the trucks, ahorizontally arranged conveyer mounted in said frame and which delivers to said hoppers, a truck mounted to move longitudinally over said frame; a turn-table on said truck, a hopper carried by said turn-table and which delivers to the conveyer on said frame, and a. digger supported by said turn-table projecting sidewise therefrom, turnin therewith abouta vertical axis and pivoted to movealso about a horizontal axis.

- 3.- An apparatus for reclaiming material, comprising two parallel belt com 'eyers, a truck movable to any desired extent over each of said belts, a; hoppersupported by each truck and delivering to the belt conveyer beneath it, a. horizontally arranged frame supported at opposite ends by the trucks, :1 horizontally arranged 'conv'eyer mounted in said'frame and which delivers to said hoppers, a'truck mounted to move longitudinally over said frame, a'turn-table on said truck, a hoppercarried by said turntable and which delivers to said conveyer on -said frame, and adigger supported by said turn-table adapted. to turn therew th and to- 

